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windowsregistryenvironment-variables

What does the @ sign mean in an environment variabie?

I am seeing the below in a registry entry:

@%ProgramFiles%\path.....

I am just wondering what the @ symbol in this means/does?

Solution

  • The components of the Windows operating system use the registry in a language-neutral manner. The data for a language-neutral registry value has the format 

    "@<PE-path>,-<stringID>[;<comment>]"

    Read more: Using Registry String Redirection